Thursday, May 23, 2013

Green alert: World reaches sad milestonePrabhat MisraHindustan Times (Lucknow)May 16 2013On May 9, 2013, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration hit the level of 400 parts per million (ppm). This new level is 50 ppm higher than the ‘safer’ level of 350 ppm. This new number means that there are 400 molecules of carbon dioxide in the air...read more...

The current status of biodiversity(The writer is assistant director savings, Etawah). VIEWS OF THE WRITER ARE PERSONAL.Hindustan Times (Lucknow)May 23 2013Biological diversity or biodiversity is a term we use to describe the variety of life on Earth, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It refers to the wide variety of ecosystems and living organisms: animals, plants,...read more...

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Mankind has removed more than half of the planet's original forest cover. All the time this land stays barren and unrestored, the lives of millions of people and the survival of entire communities, cultures and ecosystems, remain under threat.

We can restore many of these landscapes. A restored landscape can accommodate a mosaic of different land uses. Forest and landscape restoration turns barren or degraded areas of land into healthy, fertile, working landscapes that can meet the needs of people and the natural environment.

In 2011, an international assembly of high-level representatives from governments, businesses and conservation groups set a target to restore 150 million hectares of degraded lands by 2020. This agreement is called the Bonn Challenge.

Reaching the target will demand the success of dozens, possibly hundreds of landscape restoration projects around the world.

It's going to take the biggest restoration initiative the world has ever seen.

And it will take pledges of support from millions of people, businesses and organisations to put pressure on governments to make it happen.

Monday, October 15, 2012

My name is Prabhat Misra; I am in
government job as an officer in the district Etawah [U.P., India]. I am also running a
peaceful and non-violent movement to save trees and bio-diversity, named
"RED TAPE MOVEMENT", in Etawah. This movement was started by me on
5th June, 2008. Under this movement, especially on a holiday, we choose a
village and go to this village and do plantation and then tie red tapes on
existing trees trunks, with the help of villagers and there, we give them
message that to cut the trees is lethal for our future and generations to come.
I started this movement with the help of a local N.G.O. named “Swami Vivekanand
Sewa Sansthan”, Etawah. Initially, we faced the problem of co-operation at grass
root level. Later, with continuous awareness campaign, regarding the importance
of trees and bio-diversity and dangers of Climate Change, at grass root level,
especially with villagers, positively changed the co-operation. Till now, we
have tied Red Tapes on about 10,000 trees trunks with the help of villagers.
Red Tape Movement has now taken a big shape, from few peoples to many peoples
co-operation, in the form of “Peoples Participation Movement”. Red Tape
Movement has also been the part of several actions such as Earth Day, Earth
Hour, 350.org’s Connect the Dots and many more days of action. Such people’s
participation movements are the need of the hour to save our biodiversity and
nature.

My experience about this movement
is very positive and energetic. We are living in a world which is under
“transition and transformation phase” of energy and facing the problem of
Climate Change. So, we must develop a better and natural “GHG Sink system” to
achieve 350 ppm CO2 level in the atmosphere. Trees are “Best Natural Sinks” of
CO2 and will be helpful to tackle with Climate Change. World Community should
keep one fundamental rule, while making any planning, that, “United We” can
save earth from Climate Change, through such peoples participatory grass root
level awareness movements. This is MUST to save our beautiful Earth from
Climate Change for our future generations to come. Red Tape movement is
now spreading fast at grass root level and peoples are supporting our move to
protect and save trees and bio-diversity.

Monday, April 4, 2011

British Embassies of Guatemala City and Ukraine appreciated our work on Earth Hour on 24th March 2011. We are thankful to British Embassies of Guatemala City and Ukraine and their respective respected Ambassadors for the appreciation and also thankful to our savings agents and peoples of Ekdil town area. My special thanks to respected Mr. Vijyendra Pandian, I.A.S., Dr. Rajeev Chauhan, Environmentalist and Mr. Sanjay Saxena, Press Reporter for active participation.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

World carbon dioxide emissions are one way of measuring a country's economic growth too.

And the latest figures - published by the respected Energy Information Administration - show CO2 emissions from energy consumption - the vast majority of Carbon Dioxide produced............ Read the complete story HERE. [Source: guardian]

Friday, January 21, 2011

It's a common assumption that animal migration, like human travel across the globe, can transport pathogens long distances, in some cases increasing disease risks to humans. West Nile Virus, for example, spread rapidly along the East coast of the U.S., most likely due to the movements of migratory birds. But in a paper just published in the journal Science, researchers in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology report that in some cases, animal migrations could actually help reduce the spread and prevalence of disease and may even promote the evolution of less-virulent disease strains. Read detailed report here. [Source: eurekalert]

The Plant List is a working list of all known plant species. Version 1, released in December 2010, aims to be comprehensive for species of Vascular plant (flowering plants, conifers, ferns and their allies) and of Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts). It does not include algae or fungi. Version 1 contains 1,244,871 million scientific plant names of which 298,900 are accepted species names. It includes no vernacular or common plant names. [Source: The Plant List]